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The Delaware County Daily TimesSun, 02 Aug 2015 14:53:27 -040060PHILADELPHIA >> Add Brandon Boykin to the list of ex-Eagles bitter about the way Chip Kelly relates to African-American players.

So wrote CSN Philly's Derrick Gunn, who Tweeted a series of text messages from Boykin, traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers Saturday for a conditional fifth-round draft pick.

Boykin was in the last year of his rookie contract. The Georgia product was a fourth-round pick of then-Eagles head coach Andy Reid in 2012.

The Steelers need help at cornerback as Ike Taylor retired.

]]>Sun, 02 Aug 2015 05:50:46 -0400201508020550462015-08-02T05:50:46-04:002015-08-02T05:50:46-04:00PHILADELPHIA >> Chip Kelly turned over every rock before coming to the realization his best shot to make the Eagles better this year was to upgrade the quarterback position.

In Kelly's mind, going from good to great wasn't going to happen with Nick Foles, so he traded the veteran and a couple of draft picks to the St.

Monangai participated in the Eagles' rookie camp in May. He assumes the roster spot vacated by Matthew Tucker, who was released after reporting with a non-football injury.

The 5-8, 205-pound Monangai finished his career as the third-leading rusher in Villanova history behind Eagles great Brian Westbrook and current Wildcats quarterback John Robertson, with 3,167 yards on 618 carries (5.

]]>Sat, 01 Aug 2015 19:48:34 -0400201508011948342015-08-01T19:48:34-04:002015-08-01T19:48:34-04:00ST. LOUIS >> Before playing a down, Nick Foles has made a big impression on the St. Louis Rams.

They like what they've seen so much that even before the start of training camp Friday, they were talking about a contract extension.

General manager Les Snead said the Rams have been in contact with the agent for Foles, acquired in a trade with the Eagles for WB Sam Bradford, and who is due for free agency after the season.

]]>Sat, 01 Aug 2015 05:44:20 -0400201508010544202015-08-01T05:44:20-04:002015-08-01T05:44:20-04:00Every outfit in the NFC East, not just the Eagles, has a guy who predicted great things for his team this season.

In the case of big bucks free-agent acquisition Byron Maxwell, it was a guarantee the Eagles would win the Super Bowl.

"It's better than saying, 'I guarantee we're not going to be in the Super Bowl,'" Eagles head coach Chip Kelly surmised.

]]>Fri, 31 Jul 2015 21:06:01 -0400201508010518292015-07-31T21:06:01-04:002015-08-01T05:18:29-04:00PHILADELPHIA >> Almost everyone, including Eagles head coach Chip Kelly, knew what had to be fixed before the before the 2014 season was over.

In each of their last three starts the Eagles were embarrassed nationally by wide receivers Dez Bryant, DeSean Jackson and Odell Beckham Jr.

Cornerback Cary Williams was a step slow.

]]>Thu, 30 Jul 2015 20:45:32 -0400201507311508332015-07-30T20:45:32-04:002015-07-31T15:08:33-04:00PHILADELPHIA >> Chip Kelly's favorite game during the pre-pre-pre-pre-Eagles season was to muffle a snicker and tell the truth.

Understanding the ridiculousness of the intense press interest in organized offseason activities, minicamps and other non-contact events that barely resembled professional football, Kelly would routinely dismiss questions involving depth charts and the distribution of reps, injury-recovery schedules and potential battles for starting jobs.

"Just a very interesting read," Kelly said. "He's a very interesting person. Accomplished a lot, has done a lot.

]]>Sat, 25 Jul 2015 23:31:02 -0400201507261119412015-07-25T23:31:02-04:002015-07-26T11:19:41-04:00There is a new game starting and it involves the Eagles. And even if its rules are a little cockeyed, it will be one that Chip Kelly cannot win.

Seems it became something of a race this summer among sports investigative-style reporters to unearth information about the ever-secretive Birds coach.

]]>Sat, 25 Jul 2015 23:57:41 -0400201507252357412015-07-25T23:57:41-04:002015-07-25T23:57:41-04:00GILBERT, Ariz. >> Police say former NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb had a blood alcohol level that was more than twice the legal limit when he was arrested on suspicion of DUI in Arizona last month.

Police in the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert said Tuesday that lab test results show McNabb's blood alcohol level was 0.

]]>Tue, 14 Jul 2015 15:28:09 -0400201507141528092015-07-14T15:28:09-04:002015-07-14T15:28:09-04:00GILBERT, Ariz. >> Former NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb has been arrested again in Arizona on suspicion of driving while under the influence of alcohol.

Police in the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert said Tuesday that McNabb was cited and released from a police facility after being arrested June 28 following a non-injury collision late that night.